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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1948-08-13, Page 2isi ed: x,$60' ,l McLean,. Editor. htd ; ; Seaforth, Ontario, ev- rdty afternoon by McLean ,i tion rates, $2.00 a year in 'or+eign $2.50 a year. Single , cents, each. rates on application. .A Athorized as Second Class Mail , .lit Office Department, Ottawa FORTH, Friday, August 13 'The New Liberal Leader At. lion. Louis St. Laurent, Minis- , er of External Affairs, in the King CaJ inet, was chosen leader of the ail Ieral party at the Dominion con- vention of the Liberals held in Ot- tawa fast week. The new leader will succeed Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, who 29 years ago on the same date and in the same place; was chosen Liberal leader to succeed Sir Wilfrid Laurier who had died a few months previous- ly, Mr. St. Laurent is a descendant of the two great nations who Laid the foundations of Canada. He is one of the leaders of the Canadian bar, and during his six years in the House, bas not only impressed the House, but the country, with his ability and dignity. He was chosen by over .a two -to - one majority over Hon. James Gard- iner, Minister of Agriculture, and Hon. C. G. Power, Minister of Air ,during the war years, and his sweep- ing victory leaves no room for doubt as to his standing in the party. Mr. St. Laurent possesses ability, culture and an unusual grasp of in- ternational questions and problems, ;gvhi>4h are so prominent in the world *AV, and with which overy overstates- man must be co ,versant at this time. He is else said t3 ossess mueh of the c,uarm of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and is an eloquent and convincing speaker in both English and French. The new Prime Minister will see difficult times before him in these trying post-war years, He is suc- ceeding a man of nearly half a cen- tury of political experience, and thirty years of leadership, and one whose political sagacity was almost uncanny. We believe 'that Canadians, irres- pective of political parties, will be glad to see a man elected to the Lib- eral leadership who will make it his honest endeavor to uph.)1d the best traditions of his high o:ce. • Censoring A Monarch A couple of months ago, at the in- stigation of a London, England, re- ligious denomination, which looks after the heathen in Bikorn, in the Cameroons, the United Nations Trus- teeship Council censored the Fon of Bikom for having too many wives, 600 in fact. When the complaint was first brought before the United Nations Council, the British Foreign Office came forward to clear the character of the Monarch of Bikom. He was, the speaker said, a man who was yery much understood. That he did not have 600 wives. He only had 110. And more than that, most of these wives had practically been thrown into his arms by loyal subjects who Wanted their daughters to have a better way of living than was pos- sible to give them at home on the back concession. Futhermore, it was the custom of the country. The British contention was that the situation could only be remedied when the monarch himself came to see the error of his ways. But as the Fon is over 80 years of age, it is quite possible that he is prettly firm- ly set in his ways. • And,anyway, he wants to .know • what right has the United Nations, or anyo1ie else, to interfere with the 'Vet of Bikorn.: • Who Are The Plans For ? 1 'ftai When the Labor Gw- ent nationalized the coal Indus - ,'W is billy expected that with ;ralized iarinngas well as can- e ,the effect of bring OriViower costs, but l'iarles Reid, a 'von the, chair- mans ip of the National Coal Board`a and high 6 hopes were entertained that he would do a great job and ren- der a great public service. But Sir Charles has resigned. And he resigned because he found that the real issue is whether the mines which used to be operated for private gain, shall now be run in the interests of the British people or in the interests of the Miners' Union. All along the miners have been led to believe the 'latter, and they are tell- ing the government so quite bluntly. This is the way the president of the Union, Mr. W. Lawther, put it: "We tell you, not you tell us," how to run the mines. But that is not the kind of national planning that a large majority of the British people voted for, nor will it do much to accomplish a revival in British industry. We have a political party in -Can- ada that is very prominent in their talk about planning for us. We only wish they would make it much more clear as to whom. they are planning to plan for. The last provincial elec- tion made it so clear how close the Canadian Congress of Labor now is to the C.C.F., that this is a very im- portant question and a great major- ity of Canadians have more than a passing interest in the answer. 0 Are We Facing Starvation ? There are a great many people who assume that with a few bumper crops like we have in Ontario this year, or even with average crops throughout the world, there would before very long be a trend towards lower food prices. We would say, therefore, that con- siderable interest is lent to a state- ment made a month or so ago by Sir Hartley Shawcross, attorney -general in the British Government. He is re- ported as follows: "The grim, undeniable truth is that, not because of man's deliberate intention but rather because of his inaction, the world is moving stead- ily towards catastrophe: Since 1938 the population of the world has in- creased by 150 million; year by year it continuos to go up. By the time that babies born today reach our age the population of the world, accord- ing to some estimates, will be nearly -double what it is today; certainly it will be 500 million higher. "You might think that alongside this increase in population the pro- duction of food has been going up. But food production is estimated at 7 per cent. less than it was in 1938 population at 10 per cent. more. The desiccation and devastation of Eur- ope and Asia have resulted in large areas going out of cultivation; an even graver problem is the natural erosion and loss of fertility which year by year puts vast areas out of production. "The situation is so serious that even if, all over the world, all the existing plans for increasing produc- tion are carried through successful- ly, by 1951 the world will only be back at the 1938 level, and by then there will be over 200 million more mouths to feed. The truth is that ev- en perhaps in our own lifetime we face the grim danger of world -star- vation." • The Wise Policy The following from an address of Dr. W. A. Mackintosh to the Domin- ion Mortgage and Investments As- sociation is worthy of much consid- eration: "We have made some progress to- ward freer trade, but if there is any opportunity at all, we should go much further. We have great and soundly based native industries which san serve expanded markets competitively. Our hopes for a high- er standard of living rest on them. We are apt to forget that a standard of living is not something we inherit, nor something we create by devious arrangements, it is something we earn. What we cannot earn, we can- not continuously have. We need not limit our search for freer trade to the U.K. and the U.S.; Western Eur- ope has been showing some impres- sive signs of recovery and some en- couraging tendency to liberal trade policies. We need neglect no market, but in Western Europe, the U.S., the. U.K. and Canada there is the bulk of world trade ... Wheat, base metals, gold, paper and the heavy power- consuming ow -consuming industries are our com- petitive strength," 'Cost of Lfviug in Russia. g Free Frees)! (Frau the Wtnttipe How high is the standard of Liv- ing in Russia? • Mr. Alexander Werth who has just.returned to the United, King- dom after several years residence in Russia as staff correspondent of the Manchester Guardian in a re- cent article gives interesting infor- mation .on this point. He says that except for some very old people who receive a "pittance" of an old age pension, everybody in Russia today has enough to eat. There is uo malnutrition. The quality of clothes has greatly improved al- though "uniformity" is expected. Not a woman in a hundred wears a hat in summer while in winter she wears a fur cap or shawl. Mr. Werth says that the all- round purchasing power of the rouble is about 80 to the pound sterling. The pound rates at $4 in Canadian money. At 80 roubles to the pound the value of the rouble in Canadian would be 5 cents. The old age pensions, says Mr. Werth, runs from 60 to 100 roubles per month which would be from $3 to $5. He explains that in Rus- sia old people are expected to live with their children or other rela- tives and in fact largely do so, It is interesting to speculate on what the ordinary Russian would think of a system which pays from 6 to 10 times as much to old people, not counting the allowances for what income of their own old age pen - The average wage in Russia is given by Mr. Werth as 600 roubles or $30 per month. In Moscow the average is higher — 1,000 roubles or $50 per mouth. That is be- tween a quarter or a half the average income in this country. Here is an average budget for a man and wife and two children: Roubles Dollars Rent, gas and heating.. 150 $7.5,e Taxes (including "volun- tary" subscriptions to loans .. 150 7.50 Bread .(partly white, 41/ lbs. a day) 120 6.00 Sugar (8% lbs. a month) 60 3.00 Potatoes and vegetables (about 41/2 lbs. a day) 80 4,00 Butter and vegetable oils (4% lbs. a month) 100 5.00 Meat and fish products (abput 13 pounds e month) 100 5.00 Tea (4 oz.) 20 1.00 Tobacco (500 cigarettes) 70 3.50 Mr. Werth comments: This obviously leaves very lit- tle for clothes and other extras, and whenthe husband alone works "outs" become inevitable on items like fats and meat. The food Midget may, however, be cut in another way, as it often is, by the husband having his main meal at the factory canteen, while the chil- dren get their milk and eat as much as they can get at schopl. Canteen meals — perfectly good meals, too—cost four or live roub- les. Wlhat happens is that the re- sources of families are pooled. Two or three roome serve to contain members of three generations with the result the housewife has per- haps 2,000 roubles ($100) a month to spend. Some of the other prices he gives as follows: "Clothes are still expensive. A cotton dress costs 150 roubles ($7.50), a silk dress 500 ($25) or 600 ($30), a man's suit 700 ($35) to 800 ($40), and a pair of men's shoes 300 ($15), the cheapest fur cap 120 ($6). Minor luxuries like sweets (three roubles for 10) (15 cents) and ice-cream (one rouble a large slab) (5 cents) and sugar buns (11/, roubles) (8 cents) are fairly cheap. The theatre costs 15 roubles (75 cents) a seat and the movies four roubles (20 cents) a seat. Mr. Werth concludes: What the Russian people are hoping for, above an, is a sharp decrease in the prices of both food and manufactured goods. There is much talk of cuts of 25 and even 50 per cent in a wide range of commodities in the autumn. (At the same time the policy is not to cut wages). Such cuts in prices are part -of the planned price pol- icy, and any such large cuts will of course, immensely relieve fam- ily budgets. There will be still more to eat, or, alternately, more to spend on clothes, theatres, cine- mas, books, and much else. (Not that books are dear; an average novel, modern or classical, costs between five and ten roubles, and more reading is done in Russia than in perhaps any other coun- try. What es very etriking, either in a tram -car or la a public park, ,sr5 the number of People — mostly I young people—readiiig 'not news- papers, as in other countries, but books). A notable feature of Rus- sia today is this combination of still fairly hard living conditions with extraordinary confidence in the future. • • Just A Smile Or Two "No. I can't marry you," said the smart young lady to, her suitor, "but I'll always admire yottr good taste." Fanny: "I want a man in a mil- lion." Sean: "I want a man with a milIion." • Stopping a passerby outside , a police station, a constable said: "Can you spare a minute to come inside, sir?" Passerby: "To take part in an identity parade?" Policeman: "You won't be kept five minutes." Passerby: "Humph! They told pre that yarn last time and 1 was kept three months." "My dear." said the fond mother earnestly. "I can't think why you can'et get on with your husband. He's all right in his way." "Yes, t know, mother. • said her daughter. "But he's always iu mine." • Landlord: "What is the com- plaint?" Tenant: "The bathroom faucet won't run; would you mind having the hole in the roof shifted oder the tub?" e "I am a Character expert." said the first man. "I have watched you, and what you need in your business is push—push—push." "You're wrong," replied the oth- er. "Cm a dentist." : Huron Federation Of : Agrieultur eFarmNews Irrigation Can Also 'Fertilize Farmers in some parts of Can- ada, either because it is e= ential, or because it is extra profitable for some crops. irrigate thr it land. Their chief purpose naturally is to supply water to the thirsty soil during the dry months of the year. Actually a second purpose may be achieved, for the water contains minerals in solution that have same value as fertilizers. The irrigation water used in the Okanagan Valley of British Colum- bia, for example, has been the sub- ject of investigation for its fer- tility value at the Dominion Ex- perimental Station, Sumnrerland, B.C., says J. C. Wilcox who is in charge of the plant nutrition lab- oratory. Of the three nutrient ele- ments tested so far, phosphorus, potassium and calcium, the last two are present in the water in appreciable amounts. Phosphorus occurs in small quan- tities only. In samples of water ghtained from all the chief irriga- tion systems in the Okanagan, the amounts of phosphorus were equiv- alent to only 0.1 to 3.0 pounds of 18 per cent superphosphate per acre foot of water. The average was around 0.5 pounds. This would mean that if three feet of water were applied to the land epch, year it would be the equivalent of only about 1.5 pounds of superphosphate an acre. With potassium it is somewhat different. The amounts found were equivalent to 5 to 26 pounds of muriate of potash per acre foot of water. The average was around 10 pounds. A grower using three feet of water a year would thus apply enough, potash to equal about 30 pounds per acre annually. This should, be a distinct help in main- taining the potassium content of the sell. The story with calcium is even better. The lime content of the water ranged from 37 to 366 )founds per acre foot, with an av- erage of around 200 pounds. Thue a grower using three feet of wa- ter would apply about 600 pounds' of lime annually, 'Cinder such Cir- cumstanees there is little likeli- hood of his soil ever running shofit of eale'Iunt as a inapt nutrient. Intereeting !temp Picked From: The Huron Expositor of Twen- tyfiue and Fifty Years Ago. From The Huron Expositor ' August 17, 1923 . Mr•. J. Hey, Jr., of Zurich, dis- posed of his handsome little pac- ing horse, "Little Hall," to Mervyn Durnin, of Goderich, Mr. Hey re- ceived the handsome sum. of over $500,00 for this promising young horse. Dr. Campbell, V.S., of Hensall, while. treating a sick horse recent- ly, had the misfortune to get kick- ed on the arm, breaking a small bone. Cook Bros., Hensall, have been appointed uptown agents for the Canadian National Railway. The frame garage of Mr. W. E. Kerslake, situated at the rear of his residence on Church St., was burned to the ground early Sunday morning. Mr. ,J. R. Scott, whose farm ad- joins Seaforth on the north, was the first in this district to complete harvest. Misses Janet and Jean Hays are visiting friends in Detroit, Mr. Reid Edmunds has accepted a position on the staff of the West Lorne Continuation School, Mr. and Mrs, Worden, of Staffa, are moving into the cottage which they recently purchased from 5: F, Ross, Mr. Fred Lawrence, accompan- ied by Mrs. Lawrence, left last Sat- urday to resume his professional duties in Vancouver. Mrs. Wm. Berry, of Brucefield, who returned from a two months' trip through the Western Provinc- es last week, brought into The Ex- positor office on Tuesday a pretty bouquet of flowers she picked in - the garden on the E.P. Ranch The following graduates from Seaforth Collegiate Institute have successfully passed their summer course for teaching at Toronto University: Evelyn Adams, Eliza- beth Keating, Malcolm J. Arm- strong, Melvin S. Blanchard, Geo. F. Coates and James L. Kerr. Messrs, T. E. Hays and John Scott left Wednesday en a trip 10 the West. Mr. Frank Lee, who hasbeen the operator at Seaforth station for several' years, has been promoted to station agent at Thorndale, to succeed Mr: Van Horan, who has been appointed agent at Clinton. Dr. and Mrs. Bruce, of Michigan, are at present visiting with Mr. David Bruce at Staffa. The threshing machines are busy with the fall wheat and barley in the McKillop district. A team of Seaforth golfers vis- ited Goderich on Wednesday and played againet them. Goderich won the honors, 2-5. Those from Sea - forth taking part were: Mrs, W. G. Willis, Mrs. R. M. Jones, Mrs, J. G. Mullen, Miss V. Graves, Mrs. T. S. Smith, Mrs. J. C. Greig and Miss Anna Bell. Stock Marketings Decline in 1947 Trends in commercial market- ings of cattle, calves, sheep and lambs were again downward in Canada in 1947, says the "Annual. Review" of the Live Stock Market and Meat Trade for 1947, issued by the Marketing Service of the Dominion Department of Agricul- ture, Ottawa. Compared with 1946, cattle sales were down 336,300 head, calves 91,000, sheep and lambs 234,500. Although sates of these classes of stock were ]ower in all provinces, increased sales of hogs in Eastern Canada raised 'the hog total for the Dominion by almost 300,000 in 1947. However, the downward trend in hog production, which started in 1945 in Western Canada continued with all the Western Provinces showing declines. For 1947 the total dressed weight of all meats adds up to 1,485 million, pounds compared with 1,657 million in 1946 and 1,959 mil- lion in 1945. Most of the decrease in 1947 was due to the decline in the number of cattle slaughtered. The total is, however, 429 million pounds better, than the 1939 figure of 1,056 million pounds. Shape of Things To Come Abroad Europe in the next three years may buy less food from the Unit- ed States and Canada and more from other countries. Purchases of North American farm machin- ery and fertilizers will steadily de- cline. Despite substantial restoration of pre-war crop averages by 1950, and of .most kinds df livestock except horses, Europe will not be produc- ing as ,much meat and livestock products then as it produced be- fore the war. Because of the in- crease in population, Europeans will not be fed as well on the av- erage as pre -'war. These statements highlight a re- port on "EuropeanPragram of Ag- ricultural ,Reconstruction and De- irelopznent" Just issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and based on a study by the F.A.O. staff of all available plans and programs of lu"txropean Countries. • Han Returned Home The many friends of Mrs. AU205 Gingerich are pleased to learn that she has returned home front Clinton Hospital, and is getting along nicely,—Zurich Hel'ald, Wins 1948 Model Auto Edward Wise, 23, R.R. 3, Clin- ton, was• named winner Monday night of the- 1948 Studebaker. Champion Tudor, valued at $2,3'00, drawn in connection with the Kinsmen Club's carnival staged in Court House Park, Goderich. Mr. Wise's lucky ticket was selected from thousands which had been sold in the drive by Miss Margaret McLeod, Bayfield.—Clinton News - Record. , New Agricultural Representative R. Gordon Bennett. B.S.A., Hur- on County's new Ontario agricul- tural representative, arrived in Clinton and took up his new dut- ties Wednesday. Mrs. Bennett, for the time being, will continue to re- side in Alexandria until Mr. Ben- nett is able to secure living ac- commodation here. ' A native of Halton County, Mr. Bennett was appointed assistant agricultural re- presentative for Middlesex County in 1943, with headquarters at Lon- don, and in October, 1944, 'became agricultural representative f o r Glengarry County with headquar- ters at Alexandria. He was an as- sociate member of Cornwall Ki- wanis Club.—Clinton News -Record. Near Century Mark, Mrs. Alice Robson, who has the distinction of being Clinton's old- est resident, celebrated her 97th birthday. Mrs. Robinson, in spite of her advanced years, enjoys fair- ly good health and takes a keen .interest in the life of her church, Wesley,Willis United. It is the wish of her friends that she may reach the century mark.—Clinton News -Record. From The Huron Expositor August 12, 1898 During the storm of last week lightning struck a tree near the residence of John Bell, Morris Township, killing two turkeys un- der it. The electric fluid then leap- ed from the tree to i<he house, shat- tering the windows and breaking a cupboard in the kitchen, Tyerman & Sparling have com- menced work on Dr. Burrows' new residence on Goderic.h St. Mr. W. J. Shannon, secretary - treasurer of the McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Co., left on Tues- day for Sault Ste. Marie and Pick- ford, Mich. Mr. Charles Stewart, of New York, son of Mr, James Stewart, is home spending his holidays. The Misses Wilson, of Toronto. accompanied by Miss Grape El- der, of Seaforth, were the guests 00 Mrs. R. B. McLean, Kippers. Mr. M. Kearcher, his wife and daughter, of Dashwood, left on Tuesday for Cavalier, N.D. We notice by the Honolulu pa- pers that Mr. Charles H. Watson, the husband of Miss Maggie Camp- bell, and a niece of Mrs. Alex Dav- idson, died when on his way from San Francisco to Manilla with the American troops. He contracted typhoid fever before leaving San Francisco, and was only 34 years of age. The following parties were tick- eted to the points named by Wm. Somerville, town agent for the G. T,R.: Rev, and Mrs. Peter Mus- grave to Montreal; Miss Maggie and Mr. David Murray to Washago, Muskoka; Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Cole- man to Warsaw, N.Y.; Dr. James McGeoch to Saginaw, Mich; T. R. F. Case to Chicago; George Bald- win to Mt. Pleasant, Mich. The following were ticketed by R. J. McDonald, C.P.R. agent: W. J. Shannon to Sault Ste..Marie; Wm. Mc•Ewan, Hensall, to Port Findlay; George Duncan and Miss Kate Dun- can to Carberry, Man. Mr. Wm. Tierman, of The Ex- positor staff, returned on Wednes- day from a pleasant week's outing at Detroit. While there he visited Island Lake where are camped some American soldiers. Among them were Charles Stewart, Wm. Beattie and Robert Bell. They were awaiting orders to go to Cuba. Mr. W. D. McLean, of town, and Mr. James Swan, of Brucefield, left on Tuesday for Galt to attend the annual meeting of the Oddfellows' Grand Lodge, as delegates from their respective lodges. Mr. C. Bethune has leased Mrs. Coventry's residence on Goderich St. Mrs. Coventry is removing to Stratford. Mr, N. Fried, of Parkhill, for- merly of bashwood, ,and son Wil - Ilam, -of St. 'Petersburg, Russia, and Mr. aid Mrs. J. Reid, of Lleury, spent a` few days with Mr. Pried's daughter, Mrs. M. Penn. 'Auto Collision An accident investigated by P.C. John Ferguson,' of Exeter,was one at the main intersection at Bruce - field when a 104t Dodge driven by •nrttt.ehelh William P. U°odfrey, C. _ collided with a truck driven by Le- roy Thiel, of Zurich, one of the Thiel Transports. The Godfrey car was travelling east while the Thiel truck was north bound, God- frey was charged with failing to stop and in magistrate's court in Seaforth on Tuesday he was fined $2.00 and costs and his license to drive was suspended.—Zurich Her- ald, will, be some time before.' he w411, have fuii use of his arm.—Mitchell Advocate, 40i116 Teammates Rev, Harold ' Snell, donned his. baseball toggery last' Wednesday afternoon to 'play in a reunion) ; game with his old teammates at Auburn. The team was compris- ed of Members from a %Iliad that played in 1922,. They wom from a similar team from Blyth.,—, Exeter Times -Advocate. To Leave Centralia Group Captain M. D. Lister, who has been Commanding Officer of R.C.A.F. Station, Centralia, since March, 1947, will leave the end of October to attend National Defence College at Kingston, Ont„ far a pine months' course. — Exeter Times -Advocate. Injures Arm in Fall on Tractor Lorne Jackson, who resides just south of town, received injuries on Monday night when in some man- ner he fell on the threshing ma- chine at his farm, cutting the ten- dons of the right arm, affecting the fingers. He was removed to Strat- ford Hospital where the arm. was placed in a cast. It is expected it Hold Surprise Picnic A surprise picnic was held Sun- day at Riverview Park in honor. of Mrs. Lydia. Sweitzer's 88th birth- day, August 3. The children, grand- children and great grandchildren were present. Mrs. Sweitzer was. presented, with a basket of gifts, cards and congratulations, A tele- gram was received from her grandson, Gordon Hewlett, of Hope, B.C. The eldest great grand- daughter, Miss Eleanor Sharpe, of Shipka, assisted in unwrapping the gifts and reading the birthday, greetings after which she received a gift from her great grandmother for assisting -so capably. The af- ternoon was spent in playing games and contests. There were twenty-six who sat down to a real picnic lunch including old-fashion- ed ice cream. After a sing -song and with all happy they parted„ looking forward to another birth- day to come.—Exeter Times -Advo-• cate. Successful in Exams Mr. Lloyd Tasker has received'. word to the effect that he success- fully passed his embalming exam- inations at the Canadian School of Embalming, Toronto, and is now a qualified licensed embalmer for the' Proy-tnce of Ontario.—Blyth Stand - e rd, Top Driver At Port Elgin Races Mr. Lloyd Turvey, of Blyth, was top driver at the Port Elgin horse races last Saturday, Driving in three of the four race events,, Mr'_ Turvey wonseven firsts, .a second', and a third in the nine heats rac- ed. In the 2:24 trot or pace he-. drove Barbara Ann, owned by Mr_ E. Litt, to two firsts and a second, in a field of seven horses. In the 2:19 class he took two •firsts and a third in a field of eight horses, driving Cavalier Grattan, owned by Len Guy, of Seaforth. Again in the free-for-all event he was an easy three -straight winner with the (fine pacer, Kitty Bars, owned by F - Thrower, of Strathroy. This was: in a field of five horses. — Blyth Standard. Ile Unwritten Novel about Bayfield (By Arthur R. Ford, in London Free Press) Here we are back at our desk after a holiday- at our favorite sum- mer resort, Bayfield. We went to Bayfield full of high aims and definite ambitions to accomplish something in the completion of a book we have in miild, Every newspaperman plans some day to write a book, but few of them ever achieve the purpose. The daily grind is such that when the day is over, the average newspaperman does not want to think or write, However, we imagined that with .nothing to do all day but loaf at Bayfield, we could easily pour out chapter after chapter. But the hours and the days chased each other so fast they must have known it was a year for Olympic records and we were so busy doing noth- ing that, before we knew it, the holiday was drawing to an end. And here we are no further ahead than ever. There is something about the Bayfield air that makes it impossible to get down to ser- ious work. We might have known this by past experience. Another ambition we have isto write a novel with Bayfield as the setting. We have a title already, "The Coming of the Yankees," or something like that. This is prob- ably as far as we will ever get. The novel would start in the ro- mantic, pioneer days of the Can- ada Land Co., and would weave in- to the story some of the fabulous characters of that period. There was Baron de Tuyle, who was the first land owner of Bay- field, and his son. Baron de Tuyle, who was a Belgian and a refugee in England in the early part of the last century, read the early pros- pectus of the Canada Land Co, and the opportunities it held out for settlers in the Huron Tract. Baron de Tuyle became so inter- ested he engaged Capt. Bayfield, later Admiral Hayfield, to survey the coast of Lake Huron and to pick out a site for him, Capt. Bay- field, after surveying the whole shore, recommended the present site of Bayfield. This was in the twenties of the last century. Bay- field was named after the admiral. In those days the shadow of the war of 1812 still hung over Can- ada and Bayfield was chosen as an admirable spot for a fort. Baron de Tuyle came to Canada and purchased property at Bayfield. Some of the deeds of the old tim- ers fn Hayfield carry the signature of Baron tie 'rayle, He visited Bayfield, but it is doubtful if he ever lived in the village. On his death, his son, a gay young rake of London in the days when dissi- pation amongst the ariatoeraey was popular, carne 10 the new land to take over his father's property. He brought with him his young wife who could not fit in with the rough pioneer ways, although the young Baron, who resided in Goderich on the height of land overlooking the lake cn the north side of the Mait- land, lived in style and became a close friend and drinking compan- ion of the famous Dr. "Tiger" Dun- lop. When he grew tired •of pio- neer life, he would visit "muddy" York and New York. He died in New York State while visiting President Van Buren, who, like himself, was of Netherlands des- cent. Then there was Dr. Dunlop, around whom tradition and fable - has weaved many tales. He was an army medical officer who saw ser- vice with his regiment in India. where he won the title of "Tiger" on account of his fame as a big game hunter. His regiment came to Canada in the war of ]812 and he saw gallant service against the Americans. His story of his part in the war and his experiences is one of the most intimate and one of the most amusing we ever read. He returned to England, where he was a frequent writer in British 11,ournals and was a gay London Bohemian. When the Canada Land Co. was formed, he came to Can- ada with John Galt, whom he prob- ably knew as a fellow Scotch auth- or and novelist, to become "the Forester" of the company. He was the founder of Goderich and was a fabulous figure in' this district. The tales of Dunlop make him 'a sort of Huron Trabt John Bunyan. Finally there was Col. Van Eg- mond, who, like Baron de Tuyle, came from the Netherlands and was a soldier of fortune. He fought both with and against Napoleon. He is supposed to have marched with him on the famous invasion of Russia and fought against him at the Battle of Waterloo. The story goes that he was wounded 14 times, It is also said that he lost an ear in some encounter and as a result always wore a cap in pub- lic. After the Napoleonic :wars he emigrated to Pennsylvania, where' there were large Dutch settle- ments. Later he joined the trek tie Upper Canada in a 'Conestoga wag- on. He brought with him a pic- ture of himself which was stolen at Buffalo and a set of silver which is today the proud, possession of a Bayfield woman, the great-grand- daughter of Van Egmond: The Colonel joined up with the Canada Land Co. and had a con- tract to build part of the first Hur- on Road froze Stratford to Gode, rich, He erected the first inn out (Continued on rftge 6)